Syntax

['sɪntæks]

Definition

(noun.) the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences.

(noun.) studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences.

(noun.) a systematic orderly arrangement.

Editor: Vlad--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism.

(n.) That part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations, according to established usage in any language.

Editor: Pasquale

Definition

n. (gram.) the correct arrangement of words in sentences.—adjs. Syntac′tic -al pertaining to syntax: according to the rules of syntax.—adv. Syntac′tically.

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